Hillsboro recorder. (Hillsboro, N.C.) 1887-18??, 1887-09-01
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SOUTHERN BRIEFEETS.
ITEMS FROM HERE AND THERE,
THAT INTEREST PEOPLE.
The Travel BY Steamboat and Cnr-social
Religious and Temperance Matters
Midsummer Madness.

The Travel BY Steamboat and Cnr-social
Religious and Temperance Matters
Midsummer Madness.
The late Col Morrell Of Atlanta, Ga.,
left $25, 900 bequest TO the Young Mems
Library Of that place.
The Daily Morning World'is to be
published in Atlanta, Ca, very soon. 1t
will have first-class outfit and take the
Associated Press telegraph dispatches.
Reynoldstown the eastern suburb Of
Atlanta, Ga, Is oyerran with mad dogs
and the consequence is, that nearly all the
CANNES in that place are being slaugh-
tered. e..
Germany has agreed to support Russia's
Bulgarian policy, on condition that Rus
sia will bind herself to remain neutral,
in the event of difficulties between
France and Germany.
The first new syrup from Louisiana
cane OF this seasons crop was received at
New Orleans, from New Iberia. 1t was
sold for seventy-fve cents per gallon.
This IS the earliest report on record.
As the Georgia Pacific passenger train
was entering Atlanta, the tracks spread
near the old exposition grounds, and the
whole train was derailed. The passen-
gers were terribly jolted up, but no one
was hurt. e.ys.
A. b. F. Veal, of Stone Mountain,
Ga, had a difficulty in the Kimball
House in Atlanta, Ca, with Samuel
Venable; in the alteration, Mr.. Horn
was killed by Veal accidentally and he is
now held in $40, COO for trial.
The memorial exercises upon the death
of Judge r. E. Cowan, supreme keeper
of records and seals and supreme secre-
tary of the endowment rank of the
Knights of Pythias, who died in st.
Louis few weeks ago, took place in
Atlanta, Ga.
A powerful syndicate of American cap
italists is negotiating with the Russian
government for permission to work the
Ural gold mines. The syndicate, it is
said, will pay yearly rental to the gov
ernment and will greatly increase the
production of the mines.
The prohibition election in Gordon
county, Ca, ended with victory for the
antis by $50 majority, notwithstanding
the unfagging energy and influence OF
the ladies. They were everywhere to be
seen, and played the most conspicuous
part in the cause of prohibition.
At Polish wedding in the suburbs Of
Milwaukee, Wis. the boys of the neigh
borhood pelted the house with stones,
when August Duak, one of the guests,
attempted to disperse them, the crowd
set upon hin and belabored him with
sticks and stofss. His lifeless body was
found on the street with his neck broken.
John L. Bacon, who has 'ieen president
Of the state bank of Virginia since 1851,
and who for more than thirty years pre-
vious TO that time was engaged in mer-'
camille business in Richmond, Va, died,
aged 76. He was also president Of the
Virginia State Insurance company, and
Of the Marshall Paper Manufacturing
Company.
On the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
two freight trains collided, about ten
miles above Charleston, W. Va, totally
demolishing the engines. Two employees
were slightly injured by jumping. I'm
mediately after the collision, fire broke
out, and fifteen cars with merchandise
were burned. Loss $4,000.
Edward Hansford, we'll. known negro
barber in Montgomery, Ala, went home,
when his mother reprimanded him. He
replied angrily, left the house and in q
few seconds pistol shot was heard. The
family rushed out and found him lying
dead on the ground. The ball entered
the head just back Of the ear.
Movements are being made to have the
largest gathering ever seen there at the
corner stone laying Of Robert Z. Lee
monument, which takes place in Rich
mond, Va, in October. Gen. Beauregard
will be asked by Gov. Lee TO be chief
marshal on the occasion. jefferson Davis,
as well ~ all the officers and men who
served on the Confederate side, are inyit-
ed.
The English steamship Madrid, which
sailed from Philadelphia, Pa, May 25
for London, via Bull River, 5. c., where
she loaded a cargo OF phosphate rock,
has been given up for lost with all on
board. The last seen Of the missing
steamer was on June 10, when she steamed
out Of the harbor Of Norfolk, after hay-
ing coaled az Lambert's Point. She was
commanded by Capt. Matthew Carson,
who had with him crew Of twenty-five
men. The steamer and cargo were val.
ued at $4,000.